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The 28 pages that link to Lactation, each with the reason it gives.

• MammalRelated: It is the shared reproductive investment that defines living mammals.

• MarsupialRelated: Extended nursing supplies much of the development that occurs before birth in many mammals.

• MammaliaRelated: It is the process through which mammalian mothers provide milk.

• MilkNarrower topic: Milk is the product of this reproductive process.

• Dairy farmingNarrower topic: Dairy systems manage animals around the biological cycle that produces milk.

• ProlactinRelated: Prolactin supports milk synthesis during the breastfeeding period.

• Mammary glandNarrower topic: It is the broader physiological process in which the gland produces and releases milk.

• Evolution of mammalsRelated: Milk feeding is a defining mammalian trait with deep evolutionary roots.

• BreastfeedingNarrower topic: Breastfeeding uses milk produced through this broader physiological process.

• Antarctic fur sealRelated: Mothers alternate nursing on land with feeding trips at sea.

• Dairy cattleRelated: It is the biological process dairy herds are managed to sustain.

• Marsupial pouchRelated: Milk sustains young while they remain sheltered in or near the pouch.

• MonotremeRelated: Monotremes feed hatchlings with milk secreted onto skin rather than through nipples.

• Cow's milkNarrower topic: Cow's milk is produced through lactation, which begins around calving and is sustained by milking.

• Marsupial reproductionRelated: Milk sustains young through a prolonged phase of development outside the uterus.

• MetatheriaRelated: Milk sustains metatherian young through much of their early development.

• Pigeon milkCompared with: Pigeon milk is not produced by mammary glands and is not true lactation.

• CowRelated: A cow's milk supply begins through this process after calving.

• Steller sea lionRelated: Sea lion mothers alternate nursing on land with foraging trips at sea.

• Southern right whaleRelated: A calf depends on its mother’s energy-rich milk during its early months.

• Zinc deficiencyRelated: Zinc needs and transfers into milk make maternal status relevant during this period.

• NeuroendocrinologyRelated: Neural control of prolactin and oxytocin links infant cues to milk production and release.

• Holstein FriesianRelated: Milk records depend on the stages and duration of a cow's lactation.

• Breast milkNarrower topic: Breast milk is the product of this broader physiological process.

• Extended breastfeedingNarrower topic: Understanding lactation explains how milk production can continue beyond infancy.

• Human–animal breastfeedingNarrower topic: It is the biological process that makes either direction of nursing possible.

• PuppyRelated: Milk supplies puppies’ primary nutrition during their earliest weeks.

• UdderNarrower topic: Udder function during nursing or dairy production is part of lactation.